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Kevin van Veen has Lionel Messi in sight as Motherwell marksman challenges the elite in Europe's top striker race

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Kevin van Veen has Lionel Messi in his sights in the European Golden Shoe award table after the Motherwell goal machine swept into the top 20.

The Dutch hitman has been in outstanding form for Well recently and his strike in their weekend defeat to Dundee United took his tally to eight goals in the last five games.

It was his 19th league goal of the season and enough to put him into the top 20 of the prestigious award and he's now only just behind legendary PSG icon Messi and Manchester United and England hero Marcus Rashford.

Van Veen has scored four more league goals than Messi this season, but goals in France's Ligue 1 are doubled because it's one of the big five leagues in Europe and goals in the Scottish Premiership only count for 1.5 points.

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